CURRICULUM VITAE

Kerry A. Rockquemore 26654 East Carnegie Park Drive Southfield, MI 48034 Kerry.A.Rockquemore.1@nd.edu


 

EDUCATION

 

 

Ph.D.

 

 
Sociology, University of Notre Dame	
Dissertation entitled "Race and Identity:  The Biracial Experience" 
Degree Expected May, 1999
 

M.A.

 

 
Sociology, University of Notre Dame 
Thesis entitled "Locating the Invisible:  Black Women Coming to Voice" 
August, 1995
 

B.A.

 

 
Sociology, Michigan State University 
High Honors awarded in the discipline
August, 1994
 


AREAS OF INTEREST

Race and Ethnic Relations           Sociology of Education           Social Psychology
Marriage and Family                     Qualitative Methods                Gender Studies


PUBLICATIONS

 

Brunsma, David L. and K. Rockquemore (forthcoming, 1998).  "The Effects of School Uniforms
	on Academic Achievement."  Journal of Educational Research.
 

Rockquemore, Kerry A. (forthcoming, 1998).  "Between Black and White: Understanding the
	Biracial' Experience."  Race and Society.
 

 

 

Rockquemore, Kerry A. (forthcoming, 1998).  "Rethinking Race as a Metalanguage: Race,
	Gender and the Location of Black Women's Voice."  Race, Gender & Class.
 

Rockquemore, Kerry A. (1997). "Understanding the Effects of Communal Organization on
	Achievement in Black Academies," In C. Herring (Ed.). African-Americans and the 
	Public Agenda: The Paradoxes of Public Policy.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
 

Dasilva, Fabio, M. Kanjirathinkal, and K. Rockquemore (1996).  "Her Voices: Towards a 
	Feminist Social Thought."  In Fabio Dasilva and Matthew Kanjirathinkal (Eds.).  Her
	Voices: Hermeneutics of the Feminine.  Washington, D.C.: University Press of America.
 

 

 

 

 


PROFESSIONAL MEETING PARTICIPATION

 

1998

 

 

"The Color Complex: Appearances and Bi(Racial) Identity."  Paper presented at the
	Annual Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, April 16-19, Cleveland, Ohio

 

1997

 

"Doing Mixed Race: Biracial Identity as an Interactional Accomplishment." Paper
presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 9-13,
 

1997

 

 

"Examining the Effects of Student Uniforms on Attendance, Disciplinary Behavior
Problems, Substance Use, and Academic Achievement." Paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the American Educational Research Association, March 24-28, Chicago, IL.
Toronto, Canada.
 

 1996

 

 

"‘Half-Breeds', ‘Light-Brights', and ‘High-Yelluh Heifah's': An Exploration of Biracial
Identity." Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological
Association, August 16-20, New York, NY.
 

1996

 

"Biracial College Students and Racial Group Identification." Paper presented at the
Annual Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, April 10-13, Cincinnati, OH.
 

1995

 

"Black Male Academies and Academic Achievement." Paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, April 20-23, Pittsburgh PA.
 

1995

 

 

"The Graduate Degree: Implications for Knowledge and Community Involvement." Panel
Discussant. Annual Conference of the American Association for Higher Education,
March 19- 22, Washington, D.C.
 


AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

1998

 

First Place, Annual Graduate Student Paper Competition, North Central Sociological Association

 

1997

 

First Place, Annual Graduate Student Paper Competition, Association of Black Sociologists

 

1995

 

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (Honorable Mention)

 

1994

 

Thomas and Elvira McGuire Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Notre Dame

 

1994

 

 University of Notre Dame Predoctoral Summer Research Fellowship

 

 

 


TEACHING
EXPERIENCE

 

Instructor, Henry Ford Community College, Detroit MI Winter Term, 1998
Understanding Societies, Marriage and the Family

 

Instructor, Henry Ford Community College, Detroit MI Fall Term, 1997
Understanding Societies

 

Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame Fall Term, 1996
Understanding Societies

 

Instructor, University of Notre Dame Summer Term, 1996
Understanding Societies

 

PROFESSIONAL
 AFFILIATIONS

 

Association of Black Sociologists 
Student Affairs Committee (1996-1997)

 

American Sociological Association
Section on Race and Ethnicity
Section on Race, Class, and Gender
 

American Association of Higher Education
Black Caucus
 

North Central Sociological Association

 


REFERENCES

 

Available upon request